The Morganza Spillway – Spring Flooding Special
The Morganza Spillway is a flood management system on the Mississippi River in Louisiana, intended to protect the cities of…
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Tacoma Narrows
This is the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which is the replacement for the original one which famously collapsed on film in 1940 (the link is to the movie on Wikipedia in ogg format, there’s loads of statistics there too). What’s really…
Mount Sutro TV Tower
On Mount Sutro in San Francisco stands the 977 foot Mount Sutro TV Tower. To withstand earthquakes the steel tower is built on foundations made from 15 million pounds of concrete. Ground level photos of the tower can be found…
Catawba Nuclear Station
Another strangely beautiful shot of six cooling towers. This one is at Catawaba Nuclear Power Station in South Carolina.
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Sunday, 29th May 2005
Sunday, 29th May 2005
Missed Bridge
There appear to be some serious alignment issues with the Clark Bridge, which connects Missouri and Illinois. I certainly wouldn’t fancy trying to cross it! Evidently this bridge was the subject of some documentary sometime… Good shadows further down it…
Jones Beach Tower
This is the Jones Beach Tower, which was built in 1930, and was modelled on the campanile of St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice. It is 200 feet high, made of brick and stone, and houses a 315,000 gallon water tank…
Brooklyn Bridge
Opened on May 24 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first bridge to link Manhattan and Brooklyn and is now crossed by an average of 350,000 people a day. Look to the North for an interesting image registration problem visible…
Best of Google Sightseeing
Very Large Christs
Back to his very origins, humans have chosen to worship physical representations of their deities. Currently the most popular religion…
Shipwrecks of Aden
For centuries, the port of [Aden][w] has served as Yemen’s gateway to the the world. Its distinctive double harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano. Over the years, a number of wrecked ships have accumulated in Aden’s harbour, many of which are visible in Google Maps imagery.
Lesotho: Kingdom in the Sky
Lesotho is one of the most unique countries on the planet. It’s the southernmost landlocked country, the largest country that’s entirely surrounded by another country, and the highest country on Earth. Yet, it doesn’t really show up on too many people’s radar. With the arrival of Google Street View imagery this month to Lesotho, it’s time to shed some light on the world’s largest enclave.
Rozenburg Wind Wall
The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…
Lesotho: Kingdom in the Sky
Lesotho is one of the most unique countries on the planet. It’s the southernmost landlocked country, the largest country that’s entirely surrounded by another country, and the highest country on Earth. Yet, it doesn’t really show up on too many people’s radar. With the arrival of Google Street View imagery this month to Lesotho, it’s time to shed some light on the world’s largest enclave.
Rozenburg Wind Wall
The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…
Portmeirion & The Prisoner
Portmeirion is a small resort village in North Wales famous for its Italianate architecture, and for being the setting for…
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